The three-dimensional distribution of sedimentary facies and characteristics of sediment grain-size distribution in a sandy tidal flat along the Kushida River estuary, Ise Bay, central Japan

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 215, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 70-82

  Yamashita, Shota ^a   Nakajo, Takeshi ^b   Naruse, Hajime ^c   Sato, Tomoyuki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Japan)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Grain size analysis; Microtidal; Sorting; Tidal flat

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; FACIES ANALYSIS; GRAIN SIZE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; SORTING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TIDAL FLAT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; ISE BAY; JAPAN;

EID: 61849173493     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2009.01.002     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Alexander C.R., Nittrouer C.A., Demaster D.J., Park Y., and Park S. Macrotidal mudflats of the southwestern Korean coast: a model for interpretation of intertidal deposits. J. Sediment. Petrol. 61 (1991) 805-824
2. Anthony E.J., and Hëquette A. The grain-size characterization of coastal sand from the Somme estuary to Belgium: sediment sorting processes and mixing in a tide- and storm-dominated setting. Sediment. Geol. 202 (2007) 369-382
3. Bartholomä A., and Flemming B.W. Progressive grain-size sorting along an intertidal energy gradient. Sediment. Geol. 202 (2007) 464-472
4. Dalrymple R.W. Tidal depositional systems. In: Walker R.G., and James N.P. (Eds). Facies Models: Response to Sea Level Change (1992), Geological Association of Canada 195-218
5. Dalrymple R.W., Knight R.J., Zaitlin B.A., and Middleton G.V. Dynamics and facies model of a macrotidal sand bar complex, Cobequid Bay-Salmon River estuary (Bay of Fundy). Sedimentology 37 (1990) 577-612
6. Dalrymple R.W., Boyd R., and Zaitlin B.A. Estuarine facies models: conceptual basis and stratigraphic implications. J. Sediment. Petrol. 62 (1992) 1130-1146
7. Folk R.L. A review of grain-size parameters. Sedimentology 6 (1966) 344-359
8. Friedman G.M. Distinction between dune, beach, and river sands from their textual characteristics. J. Sediment. Petrol. 31 (1961) 514-529
9. Friedman G.M. Dynamic processes and statistical parameters compared for size frequency distribution of beach and river sands. J. Sediment. Petrol. 37 (1967) 327-354
10. Friedman G.M., Sanders J.E., and Kopaska-Merkel D.C. Sediments: names, particles, bulk properties. In: Friedman G.M., Sanders J.E., and Kopaska-Merkel D.C. (Eds). Principles of Sedimentary Deposits (1992), Macmillan Publishing Company, New York 23-41
11. Galloway W.E. Process framework for describing the morphologic and stratigraphic evolution of deltaic depositional systems. In: Broussard M.L. (Ed). Deltas, Models for Exploration (1975), Houston Geological Society 87-98
12. Gibbs R.J. A settling tube system for sand-sized analysis. J. Sediment. Petrol. 44 (1974) 583-588
13. Harrington R.F. Field Computation by Moment Method. 1st ed. (1967), The Macmillan Co., New York
14. Malvarez G.C., Cooper J.A.G., and Jackson D.W.T. Relationships between wave-influenced currents and sediment grain-size on a sandy tidal-flat. J. Sediment. Geol. 71 5 (2001) 705-712
15. Morales J.A., Delgado I., and Gutierrez-Mas J.M. Sedimentary characterization of bed types along the Guadina estuary (SW Europe) before the construction of the Alqueva Dam. Estuar. Coast. Shelf Sci. 70 (2006) 117-131
16. Nakajo T. Geomorphology and sedimentation of microtidal flat in the Kushida River estuary, Ise Bay, central Japan. Bull. Osaka Mus. Nat. Hist. 58 (2004) 69-78
17. Naruse H. Usage and advantages of an application program 'STube' for settling tube grain-size analysis. J. Sedimentol. Soc. Jpn. 62 (2005) 55-61
18. Paarlberg A.J., Knaapen M.A.F., de Vries M.B., Hulscher S.J.M.H., and Wang Z.B. Biological influences on morphology and bed composition of an intertidal flat. Estuar. Coast. Shelf Sci. 64 (2005) 577-590
19. Reading H.G., and Collinson J.D. Clastic coast. In: Reading H.G. (Ed). Sedimentary Environments: Processes, Facies and Stratigraphy. 3rd ed. (1996), Blackwell Science Ltd, Oxford 154-231
20. Reineck H.E., and Singh I.B. Depositional Sedimentary Environments. 2nd ed. (1980), Springer-Verlag, New York
21. Ridderinkhof H. The effect of tidal asymmetries on the net transport of sediments in the Ems Dollard estuary. J. Coast. Res. 25 (1997) 41-48
22. Sakakura N. Sedimentological review of tidal environment: toward comprehension of tidal flat environment in Japan. Fossils 76 (2004) 48-62
23. Swift D.J.P., Parsons B.S., and Foyle A. Between beds and sequences: stratigraphic organization at intermediate scales in the Quaternary of the Virginia coast, USA. Sedimentology 50 (2003) 81-111
24. Takada, K., Takada, T., Miyagi, T., Haraguchi, T., Nishiya, T., 2002. Handy Geoslicer-new soil sampler for Quaternary geologist. Chisitstu News 579, 12.
25. Tucker M.E. Techniques in Sedimentology (1988), Blackwell Scientific Publications, Boston, MA 394
26. Walker R.G. Deltas. In: Walker R.G., and James N.P. (Eds). Facies Models: Response to Sea Level Change (1992), Geological Association of Canada 157-177
27. Wang Y., Zhu D., and Cao G. Environmental characteristics and related sedimentary facies of tidal flat example from China. In: Park Y.A., and Davis Jr. R.A. (Eds). Proceedings of 5th International Conference on Tidal Environment-TIDALITE 2000, the Korean Society of Oceanography, Special Publication, Seoul (2001) 1-10
28. Widdows J., and Brinsley M. Impact of biotec and abiotic processes on sediment dynamics and the consequences to the structure and functioning of the intertidal zone. J. Sea Res. 48 (2002) 143-156
29. Wood R.G., Black K.S., and Jago C.F. Measurements and Preliminary Modelling of Current Velocity Over an Intertidal Mudflat, Humber Estuary, UK. Special Publications vol. 139 (1998), Geological Society, London 167-175
30. Yang B.C., and Chun S.S. A seasonal model of surface sedimentation on the Baeksu open-coast tidal flats, southwestern coast of Korea. Geosci. J. 5 (2001) 251-262
31. Yang B.C., Darlymple R.W., and Chun S.S. Sedimentation on a wave-dominant, open-coast tidal flat, south-western Korea: summer tidal flat-winter shoreface. Sedimentology 52 2 (2005) 235-252